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Inquisition in Malta Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the Inquisition in Malta from 1562-1798.

A multiple-choice quiz by TonyVarta. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
TonyVarta

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
120,087

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

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420

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Question 1 of 5

1. Who was the first Inquisitor appointed by the Holy See to Malta in 1562? Hint

Martin Royas

Domenico Cubelles

Pietro Dusina

Rinaldo Corso

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Question 2 of 5

2. Paolo Passionei was the longest serving Inquisitor in Malta (1743-1754). What led to his downfall? Hint

He had too many people burnt at the stake

Jailing all Muslims living in and passing through Malta

Using tortures not authorized by the Inquisition

"Loose living" including fornication

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Question 3 of 5

3. What was the most common "crime of the faith" the Maltese were charged with before the Inquisition? Hint

Witchcraft

Heresy

Blasphemy

Freemasonry

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Question 4 of 5

4. Can you name the Inquisitor whose Inquisitorship occurred between the years 1634-1639, and who went on to become Pope Alexander VII in 1655?

Answer: (First and last names or last name only)

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Question 5 of 5

5. The Jesuits were banned from the Maltese Islands by Grandmaster Pinto in 1768. Who was Inquisitor at the time of their banishment? Hint

Angelo Maria Durini

Carlo Francesco Durini

Antonio Lante

Giovanni Ottavio Mancinforte Sperelli

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first Inquisitor appointed by the Holy See to Malta in 1562?

Answer: Domenico Cubelles

Bishop Domenico Cubelles was appointed by Pope Pius IV by the bull "Licet ab Initio" as the first Inquisitor of the Holy Inquisition in Malta on 15 July 1562.

2. Paolo Passionei was the longest serving Inquisitor in Malta (1743-1754). What led to his downfall?

Answer: "Loose living" including fornication

Inquisitor Passionei secretly had a mistress, and he became the father of two females .... When in 1749 the Pope requested him to go to Switzerland as an Apostolic Nuntio he refused, being afraid that his scandalous life would become public! He left Malta on 1754 and was unfrocked.

3. What was the most common "crime of the faith" the Maltese were charged with before the Inquisition?

Answer: Witchcraft

Witchcraft (magic or sorcery) was by far the most common fault or crime committed by the Maltese in general. These took the form of love magic, divination, using the "evil eye", magical healing, and black magic and were - apparently - common in Malta in from the mid-17th century and to the late 18th century.

4. Can you name the Inquisitor whose Inquisitorship occurred between the years 1634-1639, and who went on to become Pope Alexander VII in 1655?

Answer: Fabio Chigi

Fabio Chigi was appointed as Inquisitor and Apostolic Delegate in Malta by Pope Urban VIII on 23 April 1634. He left Malta on 28 April 1639. Afterwards, his ecclesiastical career was an outstanding one, becoming first a papal legate, then a papal Secretary of State, Cardinal, and Bishop of Imola until finally becoming Pope in 1655.

5. The Jesuits were banned from the Maltese Islands by Grandmaster Pinto in 1768. Who was Inquisitor at the time of their banishment?

Answer: Giovanni Ottavio Mancinforte Sperelli

Giovanni Ottavio Mancinforte Sperelli was Inquisitor between 1767 and 1771. Although the Jesuits were banished by Grandmaster Pinto, the Inquisitor defended them strenuously, though to no avail.

Source: Author TonyVarta

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